Flagpole-supporting device.



J. H. CONNELLY.

.FLAGPOLE SUPPORTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-Z- 1918.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

JAMES H. CONNELLY, OF EAST BOSTON", MASSACHUSETTS.

FLAGPOLE-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed January 2, 1918.- Serial No. 209,827.,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. GoNNELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Flagpole-Supporting Devices, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in flagpole supports and particularly to, supports for mounting flagpoles against the sides or the walls of buildings.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, strong and rigid device for piv otally supportlng a flagpole 1n P08111011 against the side of a building so that when it becomes necessary to reach the pulley end thereof, said pole may be swung either up wardly or downwardly, as convenience requires, into a position where said end may be reached from a window above or from below, thus rendering it unnecessary to entirely remove the pole from its fastenings' The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a flagpole supported against the side of a building by means of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the inner end of the flagpole, illustrating the means for detachably securing said pole to the wall of a building.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the strap to which supporting members are attached.

Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 3 indicates the side wall of a building. 4 is a strap which is adapted to surround a pole 5 at a distance from the foot end of said pole. The strap 4 is split at 6 and provided .with ears 7, 7 which are adapted to be drawn together by a bolt 8 so as to firmly secure said strap to said pole. The strap 4 is furthermore provided with trunnions 9 extending laterally from said strap in opposite directions and with their axes lying in a horizontal plane, said trunnions being preferably riveted to said strap. The outer ends of said trunnions are screw threaded to receive nuts 10, 10 for the purpose hereinafter set forth. 7

The trunnions 9 are pivotally connected with a pair of stays 11 arranged upon opposite sides of the pole 5 but in close proximity thereto and these stays extend from the strap 4 to the wall 3 to ,which they are secured by any suitable means, such as screws 12, as shown in the drawings. These stays areadapted to maintain the strap 4 at the desired distance from the wall 3.

A pair of braces 13 have eyes 14c which pivotally engage the trunnions 9 in close proximity to the stays 11. These eyes, together with said stays, are prevented from moving longitudinally of said trunnions by the nuts 10, 1O hereinafter referred to. The braces 13 extend from said trunnions preferably upwardly divergently and are fastened at their upper ends, by means of screws or expansion bolts 15, to the wall 3. said braces, together with said stays, forming a rigid support for the strap 4: and, upon which said strap may be pivoted, as hereinafter set forth.

The inner end 16 of the pole 5 is provided with an eye 17 said eye being preferably forked and having a pointed shank 18 which is driven into the end of said pole and the pole is reinforced by a ferrule or band 19 to prevent it from splitting.

The eye 17 is adapted to engage an eye 20 preferably provided with a pointed shank 21 and this shank is adapted to be driven into the wall 3 and the eye thereof is detachably connected with the forked end of the eye 17 by means of a pin 22.

By means of the structure hereinbefore described, the pole may be mounted against the side of a building in close proximity to a window, as shown, and in a position Where it may be easily reached to put out and take in the flag. In a flagpole of this type, the flag suspended therefrom very often becomes wound about the pole and in consequence thereof is exceedingly difiicult to take in but with the device embodying this invention, as herein shown and described, the pole 5 may, by removing the pin 22, be rocked in a vertical plane about the axes of the trunnions 9 so as to lift the outer end of the pole, or said pole may be turned in the opposite direction with the outer end of the pole pointing downwardly, thus bringing the end of said pole into a position where it may be from the pole, or the halyard, by which said flag is secured to said'pole, may be removed or replaced.

Furthermore, with the outer: end. of the:

pole easily accessible, the halyards may be entirely dispensed with if desired andthe flag may be secured directly to said poleby any of! the numerousdetachable fastening means provided for such purposes.

Having thus specifically described'niy inventionvwhathL claimand desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

1. The combination with a pole, of astrap se-curedto said pole ata distance from the footthereofi stays disposed adjacent to stays tosupportsaid strap,.an eye provided with a shank adapted to be driven into astationary' support, a: second eye provided with a shankyadapted to be driveniinto the end. of said pole and. detachable fastening means adapted to connect saideyes together,

whereby said pole willbe prevented from rocking, upon -1 ts p vot.

2. i The combination with aflagpole, of? a strap,n1eansadaptedto clamp said strap to said pole at a distance from the foot thereof,

trunnions projecting laterally: of said strap,. staysv disnosedl ad acent opposite sidesof" said pole, said stays each having ,oneof their ends fixed with the other, end thereof pivot:

allyengaging said-trunnions, anda-pair of braces; adapted to plvotallyv engage saidtrunnions and support said strap.

3. A flagpole supporting device embody ing in its construction astrap, IDGZLIIS fOISG curingsaidstrap to said'pole, trunnions' disposed laterally of: said strap, the axes of;

said trunnions adapted toliein ahorizontal Copies of this patentimay be obtainedifor. fiveme-ntsueach, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

tobe dlllelldntmthfi end of said pole, and

detachable means adapted to connect the eye of saidrp ole with. said fixed eye, whereby said pole willbe prevented from rocking about the axis of said strap.-

5. A flagpole supporting'device havimr in combination, a strap,,1neansadapted to securezsa-id strap; toithe pole. at it predetermined distance from the foot thereof, means for forked men ibere provided with a. shank adapted to.- be driven into the end' of said,

pole, themedian axial line of said shank be- 111g? COIHOKlQDiJFWltlL the median axial line of said pole, a fixed eye, I and means'to detachablysecure said forkednnemberl to said eye, whereby the pivotalmovement of said pole will=be.prevented. Intestimony whereofI have hereunto set my handin presence of UVO subscribing-wits nesses.

\. r J AMES H; OON'NELLY.

Witnesses-z CHARLES- S. Goonirze, Srnmmv E. T-AFI'.

Washing-ton, D. 0.

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